by Anthony R. Williams | Sep 2, 2026 | Criminal Law, Post-Conviction
State of North Carolina v. Stephen Earl Wood (COA26-257), is an unpublished opinion by the North Carolina Court of Appeals from a case out of Craven County in which the Court examined whether the trial court’s imposition of an active sentence was based on a...
by Lisa Anderson Williams | Sep 2, 2026 | Criminal Law, Post-Conviction
A garden variety of issues were before the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the case of State of North Carolina v. Jeffery Michael Phelps (COA25-934). This case was filed in June of 2026 and arose out of Pitt County. The Greenville Police responded to a call of...
by Anthony R. Williams | Sep 1, 2026 | Criminal Law, Post-Conviction, Wake County
State of North Carolina v. Kevin Leigh Wingate (184A25), is a recently filed North Carolina Supreme Court decision from a case that arose out of Wake County. Here the Court reversed the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. In this matter, there were two...
by Lisa Anderson Williams | Aug 28, 2026 | Criminal Law, Post-Conviction
State of North Carolina v. William David Lingerfelt (38A25) is a recently filed North Carolina Supreme Court decision out of McDowell County. In this matter, the Court looked at the procedure for petitioning for termination of sex offender registration. Here the...
by Anthony R. Williams | Aug 25, 2026 | Criminal Law, Motion for Appropriate Relief, Post-Conviction
State of North Carolina v. Dwayne G. Davis (COA25-11), is a recently filed North Carolina Court of Appeals decision out of Vance County. In this case, the Court analyzes two issues that come up often in our criminal courts. One is the voluntariness of a confession and...
by Anthony R. Williams | Aug 22, 2026 | Criminal Law, Post-Conviction
The North Carolina Supreme Court recently reversed its own decision to allow discretionary review in the case of State of North Carolina v. Codie Bruce Schiene (305PA24), This is a case that arose out of Mecklenburg County. Here Mr. Schiene moved the trial court to...
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